I think the concept is a super cool mashup of pong and breakout, though it gets a little tedious to hit the opponent when they have only a few bricks left, i thought the gale was fun!
Sadly you're right, I didn't find a way to solve it that wouldn't just break the game, but I'll certainly try to fix it in a post-jam version. Thank you so much for taking the time to play my game, I really appreciate it!